ExpressFX

ExpressFX are listed as snb-entries beneath the name of the effect. For example, ExpressFX Dither is listed under the Dither plug-in. ExpressFX Stutter is listed under Stutter. 

Wah-wah is the onomatopoetic term for an effect often nsed in electric funk guitar. It creates an almost vocal effect on guitar (and other instmment) parts, almost as if one were singing, Wah. Although this is not a hard-and-fast mle by any means, flanging usnally takes place over a longer period, measured in seconds and tens of seconds, while wah-wah and phasing take place over a shorter period of time. In ACID, this is completely irrelevant since any period can be chosen for either effect. 

Phaser and Wah-wah effects can easily and effectively he synchronized to the heat of a song. See the previous discussion on Calculating Rates in the General FX Controls sechon of this chapter for informahon about how to calculate and synchronize this effect with a project. 

The ExpressFX Flange/Wah-wah does not have a Phaser effect option. It also does not have the Wah-wah Center Frequency control, which is centered around 1,000 Hz and cannot he changed, nor does it have a Resonance slider, which is set at roughly 70 percent and also cannot be changed. 

The effects of the Gapper/Snipper on a spoken-word media file. 

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Track FX are generally simpler versions of some of the other effects available from Sonic Foundry, such as the XFX series of plug-ins. Some types of effects work better on a project level, such as using Reverb to create a room atmosphere for an entire song. Some effects are best used at the track level, such as using a Noise Gate to remove the hum of a camera motor in the soundtrack of a video clip. Track FX are optimized for ease of use on tracks but can be used at the bus and project level as well. Likewise, there is no reason not to use ExpressFX or XFX on the track level either. 

The ExpressFX Amplitude Modulation plug-in has only a Rate, Depth, and Wet/Dry mix slider and lacks the other controls of the XFX version of this plug-in. 

The ExpressFX Chorus does not allow you to specify the delay time, add feedback, or attenuate high frequencies with a low-pass fdter. 

The ExpressFX version of Distortion does not have a graph to customize the effect or a Low pass start freq. filter. 

The ExpressFX Stutter plug-in shares a similar name and may, at first, seem like a simple, derivative version of the Gapper/Snipper FX. It is not. As a unique plug-in that is much more closely related to the Amplitude Modulation plug-in than anything else, it is included in this dictionary in its own main entry (see Stutter) and not a sub-entry. The rest of the ExpressFX are defined as sub-entries beneath the main XFX plug-in s entry. 

ExpressFX Equalization is limited to only three bands of frequencies to adjust Bass, Mid, and Tireble. 

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